Brazil 1725-B 4000 reis

This specimen was lot 30023 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $2,350. The catalog description[1] noted, "Key Date João V gold 4000 Reis 1725-B, AU58 NGC. A rare date with tantalizing luster in the fields. Graces of lovely orange-red coloration on the surfaces deepen at the peripheries. A coin that was missing from the RLM Collection, this is the lone specimen certified by NGC and is the first we have had the pleasure of offering for sale. Ex: 'Colonel' E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman/B.G. Johnson." This type was struck 1714-27 at Rio and Bahia (shown here) with a few from Minas Gerais 1724-27. Mintage of this denomination was suspended in 1727; when it resumed in 1749 it was at a lower weight of 8.07 g.